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Hong Kong ex-media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday after national security conviction

Jimmy Lai and nine co-defendants face sentencing for colluding with foreign forces and publishing seditious articles under Hong Kong's national security law, punishable by life imprisonment.

  • Hong Kong ex-media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 78, will be sentenced on Monday after being convicted under a Beijing-imposed national security law in December.
  • Lai, founder of the now-shuttered pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, faced charges of colluding with foreign forces and publishing seditious material.
  • Global leaders including former US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer have called for Lai's release, citing concerns over press freedom.
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